Chemotherapy Report for Patients Like You

What is Chemotherapy?

An example of Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, is the treatment of disease by chemicals[1] especially by killing micro-organisms or cancerous cells. In popular usage, it refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a cytotoxic standardized treatment regimen.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
			Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations	Major	Moderate	Slight	None	Can’t tell
Breast Cancer	16	7
MS (Multiple Sclerosis)	7	4
Stomach Cancer	2	0
Colon Cancer	2	1
Testicular Cancer	2	1
Multiple Myeloma	2	0

See all 16 reasons taken ▼

See all 25 patients currently using Chemotherapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	6
Moderate	5
Mild	7
None	1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Chemotherapy

See all 37 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲
Hospitalization	11	11
Hair loss	6	6
Fatigue	3	3
Nausea and vomiting	2	2
Nausea	2	2
Neuropathy in feet	2	2
Yeast Infection (candida)	1	1
Diarrhea	1	1
Cough	1	1
Bowel irritability	1	1
Face Tingling	1	1
Problems concentrating	1	1
Arthritis pain	1	1
Neurological fatigue	1	1
Feet Tingling	1	1
Constipation	1	1
Muscle cramps	1	1
Tiredness	1	1
Nausea sometimes	1	1
Hair thinning	1	1
i got it put into my arm!!!	1	1
Fingers Tingling	1	1
Edema (fluid retention)	1	1
Body Hair Loss	1	1
Very low white blood cell count	1	1
Neuropathy	1	1
Increased strength	1	1
Neuropathy in hands	1	1
Eczema	1	1
Alopecia Areata	1	1
Hospitalization	1	1
Dry skin	1	1
Depressed mood	1	1
Anxious mood	1	1
Memory problems	1	1
Brain fog	1	1
Weight gain	1	1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Chemotherapy. See all 23 dosages ►

monthly	1 other monthly	4 hr weekly	30 mg monthly	1 other daily	10 mg weekly	20 mL weekly	100 mg monthly	200 mL weekly	1,000 mg monthly
2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Chemotherapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended	24
Doctor's advice	4
Side effects too severe	3
Did not seem to work	2
Not indicated	1

See all 31 patients who’ve stopped using Chemotherapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼ Reported Duration Hide details ▲

Currently Using Chemotherapy

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	0	0	1	1	2

Stopped Using Chemotherapy

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	7	13	4	2	3

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chemotherapy

Always	14	74%
Usually	2	11%
Sometimes	3	16%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chemotherapy

Very	2	11%
Somewhat	8	42%
A little	6	32%
Not at all	3	16%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chemotherapy

$200+	4	50%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	2	25%
$25-49	0	0%
< $25	2	25%

Patient Evaluations

Grynnie

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

Pain: Some

Fatigue: All

Sleep: Some

Stiffness: Most

function: Some

external_stress: All

Stickman: most
Description:F53y
FM:9y Dx
I am: b

I have:
Fibromyalgia
Grynnie

2 hr every other week

since Apr 30, 2000
Perceived effectiveness ?Can't tell for Breast Cancer
Side Effects Moderate
Advice/Tips I was working full time at the time of treatment and was horribly exhausted all of the time. Prior to my chemo I had asthma that I had been told was from hav... See full evaluation

dougal

Data Quality: 1 star
- Sex: M
- Age: 74
Condition: Lung Cancer 5 additional condition(s)
Quality of Life:
- Social: Mild
- Mental: Mild
- Physical: Mild
I am: g
I have:
Lung Cancer
dougal

1 other weekly

since Feb 27, 2012
Perceived effectiveness ?Can't tell for Lung Cancer
Side Effects Severe
Advice/Tips The Treatment was a breeze but my immune resistance and bloods fell, so I got a very bad chest infection AFTERWARDS See full evaluation

kmjns2

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

I am: g

I have:
MS
kmjns2

since Feb 25, 2009
Perceived effectiveness None for MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
Side Effects Mild
Advice/Tips It works wonders for some people. It did not work for me and it damaged my heart. See full evaluation